diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 751d7c2..282eaee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os_version:
-          - windows-2019
           - windows-2022
           - windows-2025
         salt_state:
@@ -26,3 +25,40 @@ jobs:
       salt-os-version: ${{ matrix.os_version }}
       salt-state: ${{ matrix.salt_state }}
       salt-pillar-root: ${{ matrix.salt_pillar_root }}
+
+  verify-shortcut-integration:
+    name: "Execute Salt Kitchen Integration Verification"
+    runs-on: "windows-2022"
+    steps:
+      - name: "Check Out Source Repository"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+
+      - name: "Set Up Ruby Execution Environment"
+        uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
+        with:
+          ruby-version: "3.2"
+
+      - name: "Regenerate Dependency Lockfile with Full Index"
+        run: |
+          Remove-Item Gemfile.lock -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          bundle install --full-index
+        shell: "powershell"
+
+      - name: "Install Salt Minion Natively"
+        run: |
+          choco install saltminion -y
+          echo "C:\Program Files\Salt Project\Salt" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
+        shell: "powershell"
+
+      - name: "Execute Converge and Verify Integration Tests"
+        run: |
+          bundle exec kitchen converge default
+          bundle exec kitchen verify default
+        shell: "powershell"
+
+      - if: "always()"
+        name: "Upload Test Kitchen Execution Logs"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v4"
+        with:
+          name: "kitchen-logs"
+          path: ".kitchen/logs/"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f084722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# This is a placeholder version to remind us to update the Gemfile
+# when a new stable Chef Workstation is released
+# renovate: chef-workstation 25.14.2
+
+source ENV.fetch('PROXY_RUBYGEMSORG', 'https://rubygems.org')
+
+# Install the `inspec` gem using `git` because versions after `4.22.22`
+# suppress diff output; this version fixes this for our uses.
+# rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
+gem 'inspec', git: 'https://gitlab.com/saltstack-formulas/infrastructure/inspec', branch: 'ssf'
+# rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
+
+# Install the `kitchen-docker` gem using `git` in order to avoid an upstream
+# error caused by `kitchen-docker.gemspec`.
+# TODO: correct the error upstream
+# rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
+gem 'kitchen-docker', git: 'https://github.com/dafyddj/kitchen-docker', branch: 'chore/gemspec'
+# rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
+
+gem 'kitchen-inspec', '3.1.0'
+gem 'kitchen-salt', '0.7.2'
+
+gem 'net-ssh', '7.3.2'
+
+gem 'test-kitchen', '4.0.0'
diff --git a/git-bash/_mapdata/init.sls b/git-bash/_mapdata/init.sls
index 3529a8d..927f7e8 100644
--- a/git-bash/_mapdata/init.sls
+++ b/git-bash/_mapdata/init.sls
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@
     } %}
 {%- do salt["log.debug"]("### MAP.JINJA DUMP ###\n" ~ _mapdata | yaml(False)) %}
 
-{%- set output_dir = "/temp" if grains.os_family == "Windows" else "/tmp" %}
-{%- set output_file = output_dir ~ "/salt_mapdata_dump.yaml" %}
+{%- set output_dir = "C:\\temp" if grains.os_family == "Windows" else "/tmp" %}
+{%- set output_file = output_dir ~ "\\salt_mapdata_dump.yaml"
+      if grains.os_family == "Windows"
+      else output_dir ~ "/salt_mapdata_dump.yaml" %}
 
-{{ tplroot }}-mapdata-dump:
+Dump Formula Map Data To File:
   file.managed:
+    - context:
+        map: {{ _mapdata | yaml }}
+    - makedirs: true
     - name: {{ output_file }}
     - source: salt://{{ tplroot }}/_mapdata/_mapdata.jinja
     - template: jinja
-    - context:
-        map: {{ _mapdata | yaml }}
diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33704ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=yaml
+---
+driver:
+  name: "exec"
+
+provisioner:
+  formula: "git-bash"
+  log_level: "debug"
+  name: "salt_solo"
+  pillars_from_directories:
+    - "tests/pillar/git-bash"
+  require_chef: false
+  root_path: "C:\\salt_kitchen"
+  salt_copy_filter:
+    - ".kitchen"
+    - ".git"
+  salt_install: "none"
+
+transport:
+  max_wait_until_ready: 60
+
+verifier:
+  name: "inspec"
+  reporter:
+    - "cli"
+  root_path: "C:\\salt_kitchen"
+  sudo: true
+
+platforms:
+  - name: "windows-2022"
+
+suites:
+  - name: "default"
+    provisioner:
+      state_top:
+        base:
+          "*":
+            - "git-bash._mapdata"
+            - "git-bash"